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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Iluvatar give the Ainur from which they made a harmony?
(a) A flute.
(b) A mighty theme.
(c) A backpacker guitar.
(d) A piano.

2. What was taken from Maidros in 304?
(a) A Silmarils.
(b) Elfish books.
(c) A key.
(d) An SOS.

3. Where did Men awake, replacing Eruman in Q, in chapter 7?
(a) Tolkien.
(b) Alqualonde.
(c) Hildorien.
(d) Valinor.

4. Whose travel to Gondolin is first mentioned in the Annals of Beleriand?
(a) Morgoth.
(b) Maindros.
(c) Huo.
(d) Hurin.

5. What did the Void apparently contain that some of the Ainur were looking for?
(a) The secret fire.
(b) The book.
(c) The annual.
(d) The goblet.

6. Which tongues were different from the Lembi?
(a) Ingwe.
(b) Ilkorian.
(c) Terendi.
(d) Noldor.

7. What two towns were built before the Dwarves came forth?
(a) Elf land and Gondor.
(b) Nargothrond and Gondolin.
(c) Dwarf land and Elf land.
(d) Turgon and Morgoth.

8. What were the Silmarils?
(a) Art supplies.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Letters.
(d) Books.

9. What speech was used by the Valar to communicate with all the Elves?
(a) Terendi.
(b) Lembi.
(c) Lindar.
(d) Ingwe.

10. Which men were controlled by Morgoth before they came to Beleriand?
(a) Swarthy.
(b) Short.
(c) Tall.
(d) Fair.

11. In QS, the Light-elves are changed to what?
(a) Big-elves.
(b) Short-elves.
(c) High-elves.
(d) Tall-elves.

12. What did the Later Annals set the stage for?
(a) Quenta.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Fighting.

13. No matter how hard Melko tried to destroy it, Iluvatar would always use his discord to create _____.
(a) Life.
(b) Sound.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Poetry.

14. Which bodies were more mortal, more terrestrial, and less like spirits?
(a) Human.
(b) Orcish.
(c) Elvish.
(d) Gnomish.

15. What was the speech of the survivors of the free Elves of Beleriand?
(a) Ilkorian.
(b) Noldorian.
(c) Terendian.
(d) Gondolic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Ainur?

2. What was a source for the Creation passages in the Quenta Silmarillion?

3. Who ruled Beleriand by 340?

4. What is returned to Fingolfin, in QS, after Feanor's death?

5. What did the Ainur entering the world become?

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